No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God’s good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that – as is the perfect truth – it was the gift of God.
SAINT PATRICKI prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
More Saint Patrick Quotes
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If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.
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If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.
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I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul’s desire.
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Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.
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So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
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If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.
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I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that ‘all that I am,’ I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
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I grieve for you, how I mourn for you, who are so very dear to me, but again I can rejoice within my heart, not for nothing have I labored, neither has my exile been in vain.
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Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time.
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That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
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I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
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Never trust a dog to watch your food.
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May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.
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